Bottle



(No Model.) 8. M. Loiri-1801 l BOTTLE. No. 802,268. Patented July 22,1884.

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GHAUNCEY M. LOTHROP, OF WALPOLE, MASSACHUSETTS.

BOTTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 302,268, dated July 22,1884.

Application filed May 19, 1884.

To a/ZZ whom, t may concern.'

Be it known that I, CHAUNCEY M. Lo'rnnor, of Walpole, in the county ofNorfolk, State of Massachusetts, have invented a certain new and usefulImprovement in Bottles, of which the following is a descriptionsufficiently full,

- perspective view of the neck or upper portion of the bottle detached.

Like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the differentfigures of the drawings.

My invention relates more especially to means for protecting the upperlend ofthe bottle and packing the stopple; and it consists in a novelconstruction and arrangement of the parts, as hereinafter more fully set4forth and claimed, by which a simpler, cheaper, and more effectivedevice of this character is produced than is now in ordinary use. Inordinary glass bottles that portion immediately around the mouth orstopple opening is liable to be broken out or chipped oii' by use, moreespecially in that ,class of bottles which are employed for bottlinglager-beer, such bottles being frequently subjected toa very j carelesshandling in use, but more especially in washing and refilling. Thestopples of lager-beer bottles are also usually provided with a rubberdisk attached to the lower side of the cork or stopple proper, andadapted to act as a packing to prevent the 'cork from leaking; but suchstopples are expensive to construct and sometimes liable to get out of iorder, thereby causing the stopple to leak and rendering it uselessuntil tted with a new packing. My improvement is designed to obviatethese diiiiculties and objections, and to that end I make use of meanswhich will be readily understood by all conversant with such mattersfrom the following explanation,

(No model.)

the extreme simplicity of the invention ren- 5o dering an elaboratedescription unnecessary.

In the drawings, A represents the body of the bottle, B the neck, and Cthe cap or mouth-piece. rIlhe upper end of the neck, near the mouth oropening, is provided with an exterior annular groove, x, and rabbet orshoulder d, and the interior of the mouth 1s chambered or enlarged, asshown at n, and provided with the annular rabbet or shoulder The cap Cis composed of rubber, and 1s provided with an inwardly-proj ectingannular iiange, f, adapted to fit the groove m, and w1th a wide inwardlyturned and downwardlyprojecting lip or flange, E, adapted to iit thechamber o and rest on the shoulder m. The body of thecap opposite theilangef is preferably made thicker than the width of the shoulder d, sothat when the cap is in position 011 the bottle it will project beyondthe neck of the bottle, as shown at i., and thereby protect it frombreakage when dropped on its side. The thickness of the flange E is alsopreferably greater than the width of the shoulder m, so that when thecork or stopple proper is inserted in the mouth ofthe bottle it willrest entirely, or nearly so, on said flange.

From the foregoing it will be obvious that the cap not only protects theedges of the 'bottle around the mouth from being chipped off or broken,but acts as a packing for the stopple, rendering it unnecessary toprovide the stopple with a' rubber disk or packing of any otherdescription.

It will also be obvious that my improvement is well adapted for use withglass and earthen jars, as well as bottles and vials of nearly any sizeor description, whether provided with glass, porcelain, cork, rubber, orother stopples, and I do not, therefore, confine myself to its use withbeer-bottles only.

rlhe cap is composed of elastic rubber or similar material, all of itsparts being integral, and is designed to be made of any required size,or in accordance with the size of the bottle or jar on which it is to beused.

In place of the groove x, indentations or sockets may also be formed inthe exterior of the neck of the bottle, and in place of the flange fprojections may be formed on the groove x, in combination with the cap0,]1zwoap, the projections being adapted to enter ing the lip E andangej", substantially as detho sockets, and thereby hold the cap inplace scribed.

on the bottle; CHAUNCEY M.- LOTHROP. 5 Having thus explained myinvention, what Vitnesses:

I claim s- C. A. SHAW,

The bottle A, having the olmmber 1r und L. J. VHITE.

